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Festival Review: Laughing Stock ****

Laughing Stock is a super silly series
of sketches featuring a wide array of every day characters in increasingly
bonkers situations. Made up of Arabella Gibbins, Lewis Doherty, Phoebe Higson
& Rhys Bevan, they change accents, costumes and physicality as often as
they change character.

We meet two couples, the founding
members of the Caravan Club who strongly advise us against going to ‘the cabin’, an
angsty YouTuber, a king and his forgetful servant Magic Mike and, my personal
favourite, Billy and Ron the cowboys, whose tale of unrequited love is truly
hilarious, to name but a few. The joy of the piece is that when we see these
quirky and idiosyncratic individuals, we know them, and there are guffaws of
recognition.

The foursome sing, play multiple
instruments and make noises with their mouths that you cannot believe—they are
versatile bunch for sure! The show is fast paced, slick, energetic and
guaranteed to have you laughing out loud within minutes.